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| Capital
City: |
Hartford |
| Location: |
41.76570 N, 072.68386 W |
| Area: |
5,544 sq. mi. |
| Population: |
3,269,900 (7/97) |
| Statehood: |
January 9, 1788; 5th
State |
| Song: |
Yankee Doodle |
| Nickname: |
Constitution State,
Provision State, Nutmeg State |
| Origin
of states name: |
Based on Mohican and Algonquin Indian
words |
| for "place beside a long
river" |
| Time
zone: |
Eastern |
| Other Cities: |
Bridgeport, New Haven |
| Border
States: |
Massachusetts,
New York, Rhode
Island, |
| Geographic Center: |
Hartford |
| Coastline: |
None |
| Highest Point: |
Mt. Frissell; 2380 feet |
| Agriculture: |
Nursery stock, eggs,
dairy products, cattle; |
| Industry: |
Machinery, chemical products, electric
equipment; |
| National
Park: |
None |
| Topography: |
Western upland, the Berkshires, in the
northwest; |
| narrow central lowlands; hilly eastern
upland. |
| Temperature
Summer: |
F° 60 to 70 |
| Temperature
Winter: |
F° 16 to 28 |
| Flower: |
Mountain laurel |
| Tree: |
White Oak |
| Newspapers: |
Connecticut
Post |
| Attractions: |
Connecticut
Attractions. Roadside America |
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